cadman Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Ok Guys, you all got me confused. Can someone explain the following to me. What makes a shakey head jig a shakey head jig. I thought that a shakey head jig was a round jig with a longer hook? Now I see in these posts, poison tails with hitchhikers, football jigs with hitchhikers. And guys are calling them shakeys??????????? Somebody help me straighten this mess out in my head. I read all these posts and only shakey my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microtek60 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Basicly a shakey head is nothing more than a jig with the eye bent flat and at a 60 degree angle. You can also use any other jig. The thing is that when the bait hits the bottom you just shake it a little. than pull up and move it, let hit bottom again and shake it. Thats all there is to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
microtek60 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 its just another finesse style of fishing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reeves Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 What you described was probably the original shakey head. Many have spun off from that, and thus the different variations. I too have wondered if there are some parameters or guidelines for such a thing. I could swear I have seen them with both the 60 and 90 degree jooks being used as well as the hitchiker and/or barbed collar. I don't think they are used exclusively for bottom fishing either, but on suspended fish as well. Next week there will be a new version to confuse us further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 take it one step further... Its a method of presenting worms on a jig head (round or otherwise) in a texas rig... the primary pourpose of the rig is to get the nose of the bait to the bottom while allowing the tail of the worm to float up and "shake that thing". The original shakey heads were simply roundhead jigs with 3/0 and 4/0 hooks (90degree bends)... and nothing else... probably the best upgrade since then is the 60degree flateye hooks and the "screw lock" mechanism... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flex Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Is the screw lock or the barbed version better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gat0r Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I prefer the screw lock because you get the worm secured to the head without bulging the worm or causing it to tear at the head when you catch one fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sim Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Seconded on the screw lock... much more secure hold on the plastics without as much damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppermiss_rat316 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I pour these and call em a shakey head, its a football jig with a hitchhiker, I think there more versatile then the original ball http://photobucket.com/'> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtlegs Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 uppermiss: those look great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nova Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 Man; everything old is new again. I used to fish stand-up jigs years ago. www.novalures.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppermiss_rat316 Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 yeah its weird how that works, if ya have a mold thats real old, start producing it as the next hot bait:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted January 23, 2007 Report Share Posted January 23, 2007 I think stand up and shakey as being different or at least how I fish them. But the line has been blurred because of how many use them. Shakey is more of a finesse technique in my book. To me shakey jigs are round, this way when fished on hard surfaces they rotate with very little effort. Essentially just undulating the tail. Stand up don't do this as easily they usually slide forward or end up hopping slightly. Stand up excel for mimicking crawfish actions. Shakey jigs reseambe to me more like baitfish picking along the bottom. Does it make a difference probably most likely not much. Stand up heads are just as effective but to me a more aggresive in comparison to the finesesse of a shakey head. I think shakey heads have become the bandwagon "bait" of the year based upon a certain angler catching a big fish. This made it acceptable for the average bass guy to use them were as before something along the lines of the Gopher Tackle Mushroom Head was a Northern thing and doesn't get widespread use. Overall I look for these things in a shakey head: round head, longer hook (he hook weight helps counter the lead head making it more tippy), hook eye angle, and screw in. I also prefer no lead running up the hook seems to mess up the fulcrum action of the bait. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cadman Posted January 24, 2007 Author Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 Well thanks for all the input guys. It looks like the shakey head evolved into more than what it used to be. That's ok with me. Now I have an idea on what all this is, and how it got started. At least now I don't have to shakey my head any more and try to figure this out. Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bassn1 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 What size/gage wire is used on the screw in? I'd like to make a few of my own just to see what the fuss is all about. We used to fish worms with the mushroom head and slider heads ( jig wormin') years ago but it always seemed to produce quanity not quality fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uppermiss_rat316 Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 For me jigworming is also quantity, but you do get a sow thrown in everyonce in a while Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjbbass Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 What makes the shakey is not just the jig it is in the bait you use. The hole concept behind it is that the bait floats up and the jig head helps stand it up and you shake it so that is a shakey jig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gat0r Posted January 24, 2007 Report Share Posted January 24, 2007 I can tell you that Dion Hibdon uses a football shaky head jig but it's not a stand up variety. I too agree that a shaky head and a stand up head are two different things. However, then you throw the Buckeye Lures Spot Remover into the mix and I can tell you a lot of co-anglers have won a lot of money on that little head on the FLW Tour shaking a little worm. It really depends on how you fish a shaky head. Some people like to hop it down ledges where I can see a stand up head really excelling. Others like to just shake it one place, move it a little and shake it some more. And some of the other more traditional shakey heads seem more suited to that task. FLW Outdoors magazine will be covering this topic in several articles this year and show off some of the various heads "custom" and otherwise that the pros are using. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
